spooky little girl like you

I love Halloween, which I'm sure is no surprise. Dressing up in something ridiculous for a day? Sign me up! I try to make each costume better and funnier than the last, but now I'm in a bit of a pickle because I may have set the bar too high for myself. I thought it would be nice, in honor of the holiday, to share with you a few of my past Halloween moments (in order). And hopefully I can come up with something worthy of sharing this year!

 

2005 / David Bowie: Wearing this outfit for one night made me want to dress like this forever and ever. If only I was comfortable wearing pants, I might have gone for it. We took a million photos that night and I'm pretty much making that crazy face and dancing around in every single one. Amazing night.

2006 / Crazy Cat Lady: These photos do not do justice to the awesomeness of that nightgown and robe set. It had cats on it!! It was fun to walk around dressed like this and see the disturbed looks on the faces around me. I stayed in character all evening, so maybe they weren't sure I was even wearing a costume.

 

2007 / Todd Rundgren (sort of): Okay, so I was supposed to be dressed as Todd Rundgren here, and I think the flamboyant jumpsuit worked but the rest of the look skewed a bit Elton John + creepy little boy from the 70's. But I really, really, really wanted to wear that jumpsuit.

 

2008 / Halloween Enthusiast: This is perhaps my favorite costume ever. I was going for "crazy suburban mom who loves Halloween too much," and it worked so well that nobody recognized me. And this particular photo (in which I seem to be paying homage to Amy Sedaris) will always bring back the fondest memories. I was even thinking that from now on I would just dress up as a holiday enthusiast every year until I run out of holidays. "Christmas Enthusiast" is a contender for this year's costume, but it's still wide open...

What are you going to be for Halloween?

friends with animals

Purikura with friends, favorite floral wedges, and a wonky two-colored manicure.

autumn dreams

A few dream outfits for Fall...

good times on the reg

vest  vintage
top  zara

cardigan  vintage

skirt  thrifted
necklace  sidewalk sale

I found this amazing lace vest a few years ago at one of my favorite vintage shops and it's definitely one of those "would save in a fire" pieces. Everything about it makes me happy. I smile every time I see it hanging in my closet. Victor is wearing his favorite brown suit and striking his favorite pose. What a heart-breaker, eh? We've been talking about possibly doing a few (very) short videos for Fancy Fine, something simple where I would hold up pretty things and say stuff like, "I found this purse at Salvation Army. I don't know where that stain came from." Or something. (It'd be slightly better than that.) I just think it might be fun to create some content other than photographs. What do you think?

P.S. The adorable Amanda of The Upside of Wonder has chosen me as her Blogger of the Month! You can read the interview here.

all sloshed up

I bought this yellow purse at the Vintage Fashion Expo and it's already been broken in thanks to a sloshy evening at my favorite karaoke bar. At least it's made of patent leather... makes for easy clean-up of spilled gin gimlets!

pool party!

Pool parties are a rare occurrence in my life. Like really, really rare. So I was beyond thrilled this past weekend to be invited to one when the weather was especially amazing. I donned my favorite vintage swimsuit (more of a swim dress, really), sprayed myself down with vampire-level sunscreen, and loaded up the ole' point-and-shoot camera with it's waterproof case. What a perfectly perfect day!